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discussed in biography

...(1980), which helped establish the Australian film industry and earned him an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay. He later directed a number of Hollywood films, including
Tender Mercies (1983), for which he received an Oscar nomination for best director;
Crimes of the Heart (1986);
Driving Miss Daisy (1989), winner of an Academy Award for best...

role of Duvall

Duvall wrote many of his own songs for his beautifully nuanced performance as a faded country music star running a motel and filling station in
Tender Mercies (1983). For that role, he won the Academy Award for best actor. He ended the 1980s with his highly praised performance in the Emmy Award-winning TV miniseries
Lonesome Dove (1989).

screenplay by Foote

Foote won Academy Awards for his screenplays for
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which was adapted from the novel by Harper Lee, and
Tender Mercies (1983). His other notable scripts include
Of Mice and Men (1992), an adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel of the same name, and
Old Man (1997), a...

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